is a term suggesting rivalry and envy. “Wraths” has to do with outbursts of anger and hostility. The NEB: “fits of rage.” The word rendered “factions” may refer either to self-seeking (cf. RSV, “selfishness”) or to party spirit (cf. TCNT, “rivalries”). The word for “divisions” may also mean “dissensions” (TCNT, NEB). The literal meaning is “a standing apart.” The word for “parties” (KJV, “heresies”), which is similar in meaning to the one which immediately precedes it, denotes “divisions organised